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March 1, 2002 Vol. 26, No. 23
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Wertsch named to Snow professorship

James V. Wertsch has been named the Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences, announced Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor and dean of Arts & Sciences. Full story

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Men's, women's hoops to host NCAA games

The women will open the 2002 NCAA tournament by hosting a second-round game March 2 at 3 p.m. at the Field House. The men open the tourney later that day, also hosting a second-round game at 8 p.m. The women, who received a first-round bye, will face either the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point or Lake Forest College, who played Feb. 27. The men also got a bye and will host the winner of the Webster University/Maryville (Tenn.) University game, played Feb. 28. Tickets are $4 for adults and $3 for seniors and students. The box office will open at 2 p.m. for the women's game and 6:30 p.m. for the men's. KFNS (590 AM, 100.7 FM) will broadcast both games live.

Top-ranked men eke out overtime victory

Junior Matt Tabash hit a layup with 2.6 seconds left in overtime as the Bears defeated host University of Chicago, 64-62, Feb. 16. Washington U. became the second team in University Athletic Association history to go undefeated in league play and stretched its school-record winning streak to 20 games. The Bears also set a single-season record with 24 wins. With the score tied at 62 in overtime, Chicago's Derek Reich missed two free throws and WU's Chris Jeffries pulled down the rebound to set up Tabash's heroics. Barry Bryant and Jeffries each scored 15 points.

The third time's still a charm for women

The top-ranked women finished an undefeated regular season for the third time in school history with a 20-point road win, 70-50, over Chicago Feb. 16. A 13-0 second-half Bears run doomed the Maroons as WU established a 20-point lead with nearly five minutes remaining. Junior Laura Crowley scored a team-high 15 points while establishing a school-record 71 three-pointers.

Other sports updates

The men's and women's indoor track and field teams each took third place at the DePauw/SCAC Indoor Invitational in Greencastle, Ind. Feb. 16. The Bears had five first-place finishes and broke six meet records. Junior Elizabeth Stoll set the school record, track record and meet record in the high jump with a top mark of 5 feet, 6 inches.

The women's tennis team improved to 4-0 on the year with a pair of wins last weekend at Luther College. WU knocked off Luther, 7-2, before rolling past Division I Wisconsin-Green Bay, 8-1.

The men's tennis team made it 2-0 on the year with a season-opening 7-0 win at Principia College Feb. 23.

The baseball team opened the season strong with a doubleheader sweep of Web-ster Feb. 23, winning the first game, 13-1, and rolling in the nightcap, 11-4.


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